Pet rocks

 

To go along with our rock unit we made pet rocks. We decorated river rocks, named them, and then wrote adventure stories complete with characters, setting, problem and solution. 

Japan and Antarctica plane trips

We took trips to Japan and Antarctica!  In Japan we learned how to make origami and Zen gardens!  We even tried to eat rice with chop sticks. Do you know how to say "goodbye" in Japanese? We do!  In Antarctica we were quite chilly!  We saw so many of the penguins that we have been reading and writing about during our penguin unit. We even tested out what blubber does for penguins!  We are such travelers!

Shaving cream spelling!

First we played in the shaving cream and then we practiced a HUGE list of sight words by writing them correctly in the cream. It really helped our brains to be touching and moving while learning!

100th day of school!

The 100th day of school is Mrs. Brown's favorite day of the year. We spent the entire day celebrating all of the learning and growth we have made in the last 100 days!  We wrote stories about what we would do with 100 dollars, we made pictures of ourselves at 100 years old, we practiced counting to 100 by grouping numbers by 10's while we made posters and necklaces. Wow!  We are certainly experts on the number 100 now!

Winter party

 

We celebrated by having a craft party together! We "sewed" paper stockings, we marble painted, and we even made traps to catch our gingerbread people!  We had a blast!

Community snack

Each piece of our snack symbolized an important aspect of our class as a community!  It sure was tasty!

So thankful for little turkeys!

We went on a trip all the way to Australia!  We went exploring with binoculars and snorkeling for sight word fish in the Great Barrier Reef.  All in all it was a wonderful trip down under!

These are pictures from our Publishing Party!  We each shared our best story from our small moments unit.  We were proud of all of the things we have learned how to do as writers and this was our chance to show off our progress and growth!!

Learning, learning, learning

England

These are pictures from our trip to Europe!  We had a wonderful time pretending to be English Guards protecting the Queen.  Remember Guards never, ever smile! We also got to be crowned Queens and Kings.  Watch out...we are royalty now :)

Halloween adventures!

We have little vampires running around Rose Lane!  We also have first graders estimating and counting pumpkin seeds, making art work, and participating in a wild rumpus!  What an exciting holiday!

October excitement with Mrs. Morkert

Mrs. Morkert visited our class for an afternoon filled with book reading, bat making, spider creating, and cookie decorating.  We had an absolute blast!  Thank you Mrs. Morkert for such a thoughtful treat!

Science with small solids!

Here are some pictures of us exploring and discovering with small solids.  We listed their many properties and then compared and contrasted the small solids with our previous exploration of liquids.  Science is SO much fun!

Nicole and her family

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Math Time!

This is us working on combinations of ten.  Some of us are playing towers of ten, others are playing in and out or even on and off.  We always say together that all mathematicians need to know combinations of ten so it is important to practice at home and at school!!